On February 9, 1966, the NHL announced Los Angeles as one of its six new expansion teams that will join the league in 1967-68. Months later, team owner Jack Kent Cooke announced that the franchise will be called the Kings.
This Day in Kings’ History (1966): The Kings are born
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